Legal Opinion
Schofield v. Borden
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 21, 2014PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Martin, J.), dated September 6, 2012, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as alleged that the plaintiff Rechandle Schofield sustained a frozen left shoulder as a result of a bilateral mastectomy procedure performed by the defendant Edward B. Borden on November 10, 2005.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
“The essential elements of medical malpractice are (1) a deviation or departure from accepted…
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